ARMY AND NAVY.
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of reserve. Quite distinct from the Standing army is the Landwehr, the term of service in which is twelve years, but with military duties limited to the respective divisions of the Empire from which it is drawn. The entry into the Landsturm, or general levy, is compulsory only in Tyrol and the Military Frontier, and made up of volunteers in the rest of the Empire.
Austria has 24 fortresses of the first and second rank, namely, Comorn, Carlsburg, Temesvar, Peterwardein, Eszek, Brod, Carl- stadt, Canove, Arrat, Munkacs, Cracow, Gradisca, Olmütz, Leopoldstadt, Prague, Brixen, Theresienstadt, Kufstein, Linz, Salzburg, Buda, Ragusa, Zara, and Pola. The last-named is the chief naval fortress of the empire.
2. NAVY.
The naval forces of Austria consisted, in April, 1869, according to official returns, of 45 steamers and 10 sailing vessels. The following table gives the names of all the men-of-war, with their horse-power, guns, and tonnage : —
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Steamers
Iron-clad Line of Battle Ships : — Lissa
Iron- clad Frigates :- Ferdinand Max Habsburg . Juan d' Austria Kaiser Max Prince Eugen
Salamander Screw Frigates : —
Schwarzenberg
Screw Corvettes : — Erzherzog Friedri
First-class Gunboatt
ch .
Horse- power
Guns
Tonnage
1,000
12
5,711
800
10
5,427
800
16
4,757
800
16
4,757
650
12
3,330
650
12
3,330
650
12
3,330
500
10
2,824
500
10
2,824
500
45
2,497
400
46
2,514
300
29
2,198
300
29
2,198
230
22
1,594
230
22
1,474
400
6
1,635
230
4
869
230
4
869
230
4
869
230
4
852
230
4
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